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urgent assistance. global family starts january twenty third w. business t w news coming to you live from berlin and british prime minister theresa may narrowly survives a no confidence vote now she's seeking a political consensus with her opponents on how to proceed with brakes if you get the latest from london thank you also coming up a milestone in civil rights has one hundred years since women in germany were allowed to take part in elections for the first time. and in zimbabwe dozens are
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injured in six hundred arrested after a police crackdown on protests against spiralling fuel prices. hello i'm terry barton good to have you with us british prime minister theresa may has overcome the latest threat to her political survival narrowly winning a no confidence vote in parliament but she prevailed only with the help of her allies in northern ireland's democratic unionist party for victory came a day after lawmakers dealt her a crushing defeat by rejecting her breaks a deal in a statement outside her downing street residence after last night's vote may appealed for a political consensus on how britain should leave the european union. so now m.p.'s have made clear what they don't want we must all work constructively together to
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set out what parliament does want that's why i'm inviting m.p.'s from all parties to come together to find a way forward one that both delivers on the referendum and can come on to the support of parliament this is now the time to put self interest aside. of the very latest let's get our correspondent barbara basler in here from london a barbarous parliament has voted to keep theresa may in power but she has only until monday to present a plan b. for braggs it does she have a path forward. she must forward to power forward terri but it is still completely unclear what that could look like if we listen to to reason may just again now you notice that she completely lacks a sense of irony because to let go of narrow parties self interest that is something she should have done at the beginning of the whole process that at least
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is what the opposition parties say two years she said let the negotiations without ever asking anybody what they might want she had listened only to her own party and mainly tried to appease the hard line breaks to tears within the tories now she is at an impasse and she has to reach out to other parties to the scottish s.n.p. and particularly to labor however labor leader jeremy carbon has said he's not going to talk to her unless she takes the threat of new deal off the table he says he does want to be blackmailed also of course what's behind his argument is that he doesn't want to come off the fence and decide what the labor party wants about breaks it so the situation is as difficult as it was before nothing has changed to sort of reiterate a mantra off to reason may the impasse is still there and the way forward slowly because she needs to square the circle here it's impossible to do as we know down
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theresa may says she is reaching out to all parties in an effort to find a break that solution but there are doubts barbara about her ability to build consensus after all that's happened could she maybe end up handing off the task to someone else. there are people within her own circle of us who say to reason may is the worst person for talks like that whenever she enters a room all goodwill is sucked out that's a quote anonymous of course and that means theresa may so inflexible as we have seen and direct negotiations and of course the of the e.u. leaders have realized in brussels she just keeps repeating herself she doesn't budge her idea of being sort of steadfast and going forward is to just repeating herself beating her head against the wall to the believes that however can't help in the situation and you need somebody and there is some people in the cabinet who
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might be better suited to that deal who are sort of willing to listen to other people to listen to other opinions to sort of really talk about what could possibly be done to to forge a majority to reason why it's not the right person for that and if people in her cabinet trying to take over now barbara thank you very much d. that was barbara in london well you case decision to leave the e.u. has dominated british politics for the last two years leaving little time for politicians to focus on other issues such as health care or education or jobs that's making many people feel bad up with the endless obsession with. every day abdul's a fostex up the newspapers at his small london kiosk and every day he gets more and more frustrated with the headlines. each and every day if you see everybody in didn't mind because it makes it because it does but soon like. people are
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suffering you know only everybody everybody and everything in mind first when you wake up but it's it when you sleep except for london is the chaos over at westminster has become business as usual on tuesday the rejection of theories amaze briggs it deal today the vote of no confidence against the prime minister. so for me is driving me crazy get on with it do it and it's and it's true what the votes it i thank everything sinnott they have a mill set that many make a decision i'm on my all the novela everyone knows what they do they know because it's got an old fart and confusing moment people especially myself it's people are uncertain and hum unhappy people of all ages all generations all parties all thoughts and beliefs are unhappy and uncertain and we need a bit more certainty in decision making you know it's this uncertainty which threatens apple's a far as small business most of the products in his shop come from europe with breaks it he expects serious problems. all the beaten
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suffering because if you know exactly what happened. what a big suit is happening on either do it either don't leave that. to now apple has to wait after all there's only one thing he can rely on another day another break headline. i. germany is marking one hundred the one hundredth anniversary of women being given the right to vote the german parliament bundestag held a special commemorative session with female social democrats wearing white as a sign of stole their speakers stressed by. how far german women had come in the past one hundred years and how much remains to be done to achieve true equality. the right to vote is a right that many of us take for granted but here in europe for centuries national politics was a male only domain so what brought about the change and how does germany shape up
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in this regard against other major european nations let's have a look. at the arrest of women's rights activist emmeline pankhurst outside buckingham palace and emily davison throwing herself in front of the horses at the king's dopy iconic images from one thousand nine hundred thirteen. the struggle for women's suffrage in europe is just heating up. in germany activists like helen erlanger and clapped out said can wear a driving force to get the vote women had been banned from even attending political gatherings until nineteen zero eight. from one thousand nine hundred fourteen external factors shape the role of women in society the first world war had begun many say that women's contribution to the war effort back home helped secure them the vote in one thousand nine hundred eighteen in britain and in germany.
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after the revolution women throngs to the streets to vote for the first time in elections to the vitamin national assembly in january nine hundred ninety. eight come as to the table of women suffrage with spain in one nine hundred thirty one france in one nine hundred forty four and italy in one hundred forty five and in portugal women were barred from voting in national politics until as recently as nine hundred seventy six. and although it's not uncommon to see women at the helm in european politics today take a wider view and you'll see the struggle for total equality is still far from over . the settlers are some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the greek prime minister alexis tsipras has won a narrow vote of confidence just days after the country's governing coalition
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collapsed the breakup was caused by a proposed agreement with neighboring glasses donia to change its name which has been in dispute with the two cut between shock others for years. and good dogs colons thousands literacy of candles to all of the city's murdered mayor. a mortgage died on monday after an assailant stabbed him during a fund raising concert. many poles see his death as a blow to openness and tolerance in their country. and a man from the u.s. state of georgia has been arrested and charged for allegedly plotting to attack the white house and other federal buildings in washington local reports say the twenty one year old planned to carry out the attack using fire or explosives. taiwan's military has carried out live fire drills following growing tensions with china. simulated invasion of the country was staged and the defense ministry says more exercises are planned it comes after beijing reasserted its right to use force
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to reunify with the island. police in zimbabwe have widened their security crackdown after protests against spiralling fuel prices turned violent they've made more than six hundred arrests among them a high profile critic of president everson god while the government doubled fuel prices at the weekend in a bid to ease the country's economic crisis. ok that. this is the moment zimbabwe authorities arrested evan my we are a pastor a prominent critic of the government he's accused of supporting street protests protest that turned violent in recent days. here. incited violence keitai and other forms of social media the government suspects that zimbabwe's political opposition is behind the
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violence if this was. to. work. in this life in. fact the opposition says the spiralling living conditions have left ordinary zimbabweans no choice but to protest. it is the cost of these that is that just if you just cause people to complete the fuel prices and that they did it. for francis i know that if you did see a lick of troops on monday the government hiked fuel prices after announcing a national shortage zimbabwe's fuel became the most expensive in the world it was the final straw for many zimbabweans who are scared and who want a semblance of normality. very good if you break it. down maybe we don't know where we are going just to get to home just going to wake
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us you me if you can is normal is not. symbolic ways capital harare is now quiet as well as street demonstrations there's been a coordinated stay at home protest organized by the country's trade unions and a protesting dire living conditions and no end in sight was a bubble is in status its president and mrs gore is abroad here in russia hoping to shore up foreign investment in his country. having no. commented on the protests for days he broke his silence via twitter he says he understands people's pain and frustration but left zimbabwe is guessing as to what happens next. at football's asian cup south korea has confirmed its place at the top of the group c. with a dominant win over china south korea took the lead in the first half converting a penalty and doubled the lead shortly after halftime despite the loss china has also gone through by finishing the group in second place getting school children
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excited about learning mathematics is not always easy so teachers in the netherlands have come up with a way of showing just how useful math can be in the real world all with the help of a pool table. oh. no this isn't a pool hall it's a classroom in the netherlands. these children are learning math unconventional matter. triangular numbers arithmetic i also teach them geometry students are busy learning math without being aware of it. you know basic. twenty schools in the netherlands are using this method called smart it aims to make muscle interesting and fun for children these students at least are enjoying themselves. it's more fun than sitting in a chair then we practice what we've been learning. i didn't know you could learn
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math like this it's really creative. and you wangle an education that adds up to a bright future for these kids. you're watching t w news coming to you from berlin we have more news for you at the top of the next hour sarah kelly will be with you then meanwhile you'll find all the latest news information around the clock on our web site that's w dot com thanks for being with us. why don't we were. when we were. in the percent of americans at some point and experience hardship listen. it's.

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